Brooklyn Academy of Music

Ramin Talaie for The New York Times

News about Brooklyn Academy of Music, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 17, 2015

A O Scott Critic's Notebook praises BAMcinemaFest, newbie among movie festivals, for offering film lovers alternative to hype and angst of more established flick competitions and opting instead for honesty and understatement; observes 2015 lineup focuses on 'claustrophobic intimacy' which makes great after film conversation. MORE

Apr. 5, 2015

Brooklyn Academy of Music opens exhibit Space Is the Place featuring works associated with Afrofuturism movement. MORE

Mar. 25, 2015

Charles Isherwood reviews Daniel Beaty solo showThe Tallest Tree in the Forest, directed by Moises Kaufman at Brooklyn Academy of Music, examining the life and works of performer Paul Robeson. MORE

Dec. 16, 2014

Brian Seibert reviews American Ballet Theater performance of The Nutcracker at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Alexis Soloski reviews play Howie the Rookie, written and directed by Mark O’Rowe as part of Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music; Tom Vaughan-Lawlor stars. MORE

Dec. 6, 2014

Mike Hale Critic's Notebook notes that, by coincidence, 1973 Robert Altman film The Long Goodbye will be screening at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Museum of Modern Art and Film Forum within stretch of 18 days. MORE

Dec. 5, 2014

David Allen reviews New York premiere of Meredith Monk music and performance piece On Behalf of Nature, performed by Monk and members of her company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Nov. 15, 2014

Nov. 13, 2014

Charles Isherwood reviews play Basetrack Live, created by Edward Bilous and directed by Seth Bockley at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Oct. 18, 2014

Siobhan Burke reviews United States premiere of Wang Yuanyuan's Wild Grass, performed by Beijing Dance Theater at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of Next Wave Festival. MORE

Oct. 6, 2014

Mike Hale Critic's Notebook showcases Brooklyn Academy of Music retrospective Stephen Chow: The King of Comedy, which will show eight of the Chinese actor-director's films ranging from the relatively well-known to the obscure. MORE

Oct. 2, 2014

Alexis Soloski reviews Big Dance Theater production of play Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature, created by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. MORE

Sep. 11, 2014

Anthony Tommasini review performance by Philip Glass and Steve Reich as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Nonesuch Records celebration at Brooklyn Academy of Music, part of Next Wave Festival, marks 50th anniversary of prestige label; event reflects labels broad scope and high standard that has brought it success in modern classical music, jazz, global pop and American roots music. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

A O Scott Critic's Notebook column previews offerings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMcinemaFest; notes that many of the films bear stamp of Brooklyn's influence. MORE

Mar. 16, 2014

Audiences at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater are buzzing about sheer novelty of inclusion of a real baby in the Young Vic production of Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House; real infants are an extreme rarity on the stage, for all the reasons one might imagine, starting with rogue bodily fluids. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

British director Carrie Cracknell brings her production of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House, with updated script by Simon Stephens, to Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Feb. 5, 2014

Karen Brooks Hopkins is to step down as president of Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2015, after more than 15 years on job. MORE

Dec. 5, 2013

Charles Isherwood reviews play Bodycast, written by artist Suzanne Bocanegra, performed by Francis McDormand and directed by Paul Lazar at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Nov. 26, 2013

Steve Smith reviews 21c Liederabend performance, part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. MORE

Oct. 23, 2013

Newly announced works include a stage collaboration among Willem Dafoe, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Robert Wilson; a Matthew Barney film adaptation of a Norman Mailer novel; and a live presentation of Isabella Rossellini’s explorations into the sex lives of bugs. MORE

Oct. 22, 2013

Theater for a New Audience, classical drama theater company long without its own space, opens its first permanent home in Brooklyn Academy of Music cultural district in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. MORE

Oct. 9, 2013

Brooklyn Academy of Music will present William Forsythe's structurally complex 2011 dance Sider. MORE

Oct. 7, 2013

A service that has long ferried home Manhattanites who attended performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is being discontinued because of declining demand. MORE

Jun. 23, 2013

Traveling program of nine of director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest features, all silent, is coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater. MORE

May. 29, 2013

The Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy Music will be home to the Steinberg Screen and 42 speakers. MORE

May. 20, 2013

The festival will include “The Blue Dragon” by Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage, along with more than 30 works of dance, music, theater and opera. MORE

Apr. 19, 2013

Jan. 21, 2013

Jon Pareles Critic's Notebook notes three performances by musician John Cale at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in which he celebrates singer Nico and performs his album Paris 1919 in full. MORE

Nov. 11, 2012

Members of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company join the Trey McIntyre Project in preparation for the premiere of their collaborative work The Unkindness of Ravens, product of McIntyre's yearlong involvement in DanceMotion USA, cultural-diplomacy program of the State Department and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Sep. 18, 2012

Brian Seibert comments that the Brooklyn Academy of Music's revival of Robert Wilson and Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach is more like a dance play than an opera with a story, with stage images that are choreographed and move to music. MORE

Sep. 17, 2012

Anthony Tommasini reviews production of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach, conducted by Michael Riesman, at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Sep. 12, 2012

Choreographer Nora Chipaumire's latest dance work Miriam, which was partially inspired by the death of South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, will have its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Sep. 8, 2012

Gia Kourlas reviews the premiere of Eclipse, a collaboration between choreographer Jonah Bokaer and visual artist Anthony McCall, at the inauguration of the BAM Fisher theater in the Richard B Fisher Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Sep. 2, 2012

Robert Wilson and Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach opens a 10-day run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the first time it is seen in New York in 20 years; production raises questions whether the pop-culture classic will resonate with today's audiences, both new to the opera and those who are fans of previous incarnations. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

New BAM Fisher building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was designed with a flexible 250-seat theater to allow choreographers more options in how they stage their pieces; several choreographers discuss how they plan to use the space. MORE

Jun. 20, 2012

A O Scott welcomes the opening of BAMcinemaFest, eclectic showcase of films, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; says that festival's selections raise a question of terminology, since to call them small films sometimes belittles large ambitions created on a low budget. MORE

Jun. 14, 2012

Brooklyn Academy of Music opens the Richard B Fisher Building theater, which includes a small auditorium dedicated to staging experimental work. MORE

May. 3, 2012

Aaron and Bryce Dessner have chosen a broad sampling of local acts to perform at Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, the music festival they put together for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Mar. 30, 2012

New Orleans pianist Dr John is branching out musically with his album Locked Down and a three-week residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Dec. 10, 2011

Sarah Maslin Nir Nocturnalist column on various social gatherings around New York City, including dinner to celebrate opening of Samuel Beckett play Krapp's Last Tape at Brooklyn Academy of Music. MORE

Apr. 7, 2011

Charles Isherwood reviews Brooklyn Academy of Music production of Shakespeare play Macbeth, directed by Declan Donnellan and starring Will Keen. MORE

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